David Raynes: MTOtherBlog (v 0.25)

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Here is an example of its use:

Arguments:

<MT>

Version :

ChangeLog:

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January 06, 2003

MTOtherBlog (v 0.25)

MTOtherBlog is a plugin that allows you to include Templated content from other blogs in your own, as long as they are all on the same installation of MT.

Here's an exampe of its use:

<MTOtherBlog blog_id="3">
<h2><$MTBlogName$></h2>
<MTEntries lastn="2">
<$MTEntryTitle$>: <br />
<$MTEntryExcerpt$><br />
<br />
</MTEntries>
</MTOtherBlog>

Download otherblog.tar.gz or otherblog.zip, unpack it, and place otherblog.pl in your plugins directory

<MTOtherBlog>

Container tag that switches the context of the template to another blog on the MT installation (i.e. all the Template Tags will act as if they are in the specified blog instead of yours)
Arguments (one must be present)
- blog_id: the id of the blog you want to include
- blog_name: the name of the blog you want to include
- exclude_blog_id: the id of the blog to exclude (all the rest will be included)
- exclude_blog_name: the name of the blog to exclude (all the rest will be included)
- In all four arguments, you can put in a list of blogs, seperated by a comma (e.g. <MTOtherBlog blog_id="2,3,4">)
- exclude_current: when set, it will include all blogs except the current one

ChangeLog:

Version 0.25: Added exclude_blog_id, exclude_blog_name, and exclude_current

Version 0.18.1: Added some error checking output to help find a bug

Version 0.18: Added ability to use multiple other blogs

Version 0.1: First version

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I'm experiencing an issue when I use the MTOtherBlog tag in an archive (date) template. I have a consistent navigation bar in every page on my site and MTOtherBlog works great for every page except when I click on a monthly archive page. On these pages, the navigation bar displays the entries from the current month in place of entries from the blog which MTOtherBlog is referencing. In other words, its displaying entries from a blog that it's not calling. It only occurs on these monthly archive pages.

As an example:
Go to www.peakjournal.com.
Under the "Travels" section on the right side, it should always read "Yippeee", since that's an entry in the "Travels" blog and I use MTOtherBlog to call the Travels Blog and display the most recent entry.
Click on one of the monthly archive pages under the "Archives" section.
The entries under "Travels" changes to the monthly entries.

The navigation bar on the right side is included as an MT module and each of the blogs references the same navigation bar file, so it stays the same on every page.

Any ideas why this would happen?

Posted by: Brett on October 2, 2005 01:30 PM

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January 06, 2003

MTOtherBlog (v 0.25)

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